Southern Guilford High School

5700 Drake Rd, Greensboro, NC 27406 | (336) 674-4250

Grades: 9-12
Student Enrollment: 1,014

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4.5 out of 5 | 9 Reviews

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 1,014 high school students from grades 9-12
2010 Overall School AYP Met Status: Yes

Additional Contact Information

Principal or Admin: Mr James Gibson
Fax: (336) 674-4254
Website: schools.gcsnc.com.us

School Operational Details

Title I Eligible
All students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.

Additional School Details

Date School Opened: 30-JUN-93

School Calendar Description: Traditional

School Schedule: Block

Accreditation Status: Southern Association of Colleges

College Board Number: 341620

School District Details

Guilford County Schools District
Per-Pupil Spending: $8,577
Graduation Rate: 79.0%
Dropout Rate: 3.0%
Students Per Teacher: 15.0
Enrolled Students: 72,650

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 1,014
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 66.0
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 15.4

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 526 (51.9%)
Females: 488 (48.1%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 117 (11.5%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 457 (45.1%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 574 (56.6%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Southern Guilford High School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	8	0.8%
Black	478	47.1%
Asian	71	7.0%
Hispanic	90	8.9%
White	367	36.2%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
9th Grade	318	31.4%
10th Grade	270	26.6%
11th Grade	246	24.3%
12th Grade	180	17.8%

Graduation Information (2009)

Graduation Rate

School:

83.6%

District:

79.9%

State:

71.7%

Source: NC Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 4.5

4.5 out of 5 | 9 Reviews

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9 reviews for Southern Guilford High School

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on June 14, 2010
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
teaira russell

Reviewed by Former Student on December 01, 2009
Rating: (4 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
I attended at SGHS and SGMS both up until I had to move. I loved the school and the enviroment! It is a great school. The only problem with this school is SMOD! It can be a good thing for some and a bad thing for others. Some cant afford to buy clothes, but if students would dress "better" they wouldnt need SMOD. The SMOD code is too strict, especially with the tuck in your shirt even if its not long

Reviewed by Student on August 18, 2009
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
i go to this schoool and i was hoping to be able to dress like i wanted but the school took away our freedoms and making all the kids wear SMOD wont change anything. The only thing the dress code is doing is making everyone look decent in school and as soon as the kids leave school were goin to dress like we want so the school should just make a lesser strict dress code but other than that its a pretty good school.

Reviewed by Former Student on May 14, 2009
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
AT Southern Guilford certain kids are treated very disrespectfully. virtually ignored as if they dont matter, many of the teachers are the most disorganized uncaring teachers in the world. Losing papers, and saying they dont know grades things because of their computer crashing and utter non-sense. The few kids that get recognized are those the teachers or staff know personally via church etc., so if you dont live close to the school or are not a certain ethnicity you basically are labeled a trouble maker and irrevelant. The male teachers seem to give everyone fair treatment it is the female and older teachers that are disorganized and judgemental. I transferred in from a much larger school where the teachers recognized hard work even if you didnt have the best grades and they made recommendations and submitted your name to be in clubs and organizations based on work ethic and character. They actually took the time to get to know the student b4 they judged them. Not the case at Southern Guilford. I think they should fire the teachers and start from scratch!!

Reviewed by Former Student on March 24, 2009
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
Southern is a great school. I was a student there, and briefly taught there a few years ago. The school is small, all the students are well known by their teachers and for the most part the students are respectful.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on November 29, 2008
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
If kids didn't dress like idiots, this would not be a requirement. Kids are given freedoms, and of course some take it to extremes by dressing like gang members or street walkers to have their own "identity" something needs to be done something more than just SMOD stop whining read a book

Reviewed by Student on June 20, 2008
Rating: (3 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
i hate smod and to be honest it ruined my school year
i actually thought about dropping out and im in 11th grade!
i tried to ignore it but everyday it just got stricter and horrible to the point we couldn't even wear hood
when it was -0 degrees out
my family doesn't have a lot of money and i had to buy a lot of clothing so now we barley have any money left i hate it so much.

Reviewed by Student on August 27, 2007
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
i was a student at SGHS and i because of my moving i had to leave this school,or else i would have never moved,THIS is the best school thats all i can say.............THE BEST

Reviewed by Former Student on June 13, 2007
Rating: (3 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
Staff attempted to take away as much freedom as they possibly could by enforcing a SMOD dress code and rules that were entirely too strict

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Test Scores and Performance Information

Overall School Rating

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The overall school rating shows that Southern Guilford High School performed on average worse than many other schools across the state on EOC and EOG state exams in the following subjects:

Algebra I
Algebra II
Biology
Chemistry
Civics and Economics
English I
Geometry
Physical Science
Physics
US History
Writing

SAT Exam Performance (2010)

Percent Tested

School:

51.9%

District:

63.8%

State:

63.0%

Math Average Score

School:

473.0

District:

499.0

State:

511.0

Critical Reading Average Score

School:

463.0

District:

489.0

State:

497.0

Writing Average Score

School:

443.0

District:

473.0

State:

477.0

Overall Average Score

School:

1,379.0

District:

1,461.0

State:

1,485.0

AYP Information (2010)

Overall AYP Met: Yes

EOC - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject

EOC - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Algebra I Test
2010	65.8%	70.9%	77.9%
2009	62.0%	56.4%	67.9%

Algebra II Test
2010	83.3%	73.3%	84.9%
2009	51.1%	60.6%	72.9%

Biology Test
2010	72.9%	77.2%	81.2%
2009	54.1%	67.0%	71.3%

Civics and Economics Test
2010	69.6%	71.8%	78.7%
2009	65.2%	67.9%	71.3%

English I Test
2010	68.5%	77.9%	82.8%
2009	62.0%	69.0%	74.3%

Geometry Test
2010	74.6%	73.5%	82.3%
2009	77.2%	65.9%	73.3%

Physical Science Test
2010	74.5%	59.3%	76.4%
2009	40.8%	43.9%	62.7%

US History Test
2010	81.3%	80.3%	81.6%
2009	66.0%	67.4%	71.2%

Chemistry Test
2009	48.0%	73.7%	77.7%

Physics Test
2009	76.2%	82.8%	85.9%

EOG - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject

Grade 10 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Writing Test
2010	68.1%	70.9%	70.4%
2009	67.5%	69.6%	71.1%

Source: NC Department of Education 2009-2010

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